The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has invited 683 artists and executives who have distinguished themselves by their contributions to theatrical motion pictures to join the organization. Among the invited artists this year a number of film composers, including Fernando Velazquez (Crimson Peak, The Impossible, The Orphanage), Marcelo Zarvos (The Good Shepherd, Enough Said, The Door in the Floor), Shigeru Umebayashi (House of […]
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Fernando Velazquez, Shigeru Umebayashi, Marcelo Zarvos, Antonio Pinto & More Invited to Join Academy
Posted: June 29, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Academy Awards
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Jerry Goldsmith to Receive Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
Posted: June 28, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Jerry Goldsmith, Walk of Fame
The Hollywood Chamber of Commerce announced today that Jerry Goldsmith is among the class of 2017 honorees and was selected to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The composer who passed away in 2004 has received an Academy Award for The Omen and was Oscar-nominated several more times for such classic films […]
Walt Disney Records to Release ‘Pete’s Dragon’ Soundtrack
Posted: June 25, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Daniel Hart, David Lowery, Pete's Dragon, score, Soundtrack
Walt Disney Records will release the official soundtrack album for the fantasy adventure Pete’s Dragon. The album features the film’s original music composed by Daniel Hart (Ain’t Them Bodies Saints, Comet, Tumbleweed), as well as the original song Nobody Knows (How to Say Goodbye) written by Andrew Tinker & Toby Halbrooks and performed by The Lumineers. Check back on this page for the full album details. […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (June 24, 2016)
Posted: June 24, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Aleks de Carvalho, Andy Hull, Cliff Martinez, Free State of Jones, Harald Kloser, Hunt for the Wilderpeople, Independence Day: Resurgence, James Lavino, Les Cowboys, Marco Beltrami, Mark Isham, Moniker, Nathan Larson, Nicholas Britell, Raphaël, Robert McDowell, Ryan Miller, Septembers of Shiraz, Swiss Army Man, The Fundamentals of Caregiving, The Neon Demon, The Phenom, The Shallows, Thomas Wander, Wiener-Dog
Four new movies are opening nationwide this weekend: Opening in most theaters is the sci-fi action adventure Independence Day: Resurgence directed by Roland Emmerich and starring Liam Hemsworth, Jeff Goldblum, Bill Pullman, Judd Hirsch, Vivica A. Fox, Brent Spiner, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Jessie Usher, Maika Monroe and Sela Ward. The film’s original music is composed by Thomas Wander & Harald Kloser (2012, White House […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (June 17, 2016)
Posted: June 17, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Anton Sanko, Central Intelligence, Clown, Finding Dory, Geoff Zanelli, Ludwig Göransson, Matt Veligdan, No Stranger Than Love, Raiders!: The Story of the Greatest Fan Film Ever Made, Theodore Shapiro, Thomas Newman
Two new movies are opening nationwide this weekend: Guaranteed to top the weekend box office is the animated feature Finding Dory directed by Andrew Stanton and featuring the voices of Ellen DeGeneres, Albert Brooks, Ed O’Neill, Kaitlin Olson, Ty Burrell, Eugene Levy and Diane Keaton. The film’s original music is composed by Thomas Newman (American Beauty, The Shawshank Redemption, Skyfall) who previously […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (June 10, 2016)
Posted: June 10, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Adam Cork, Anders Niska, Blackway, Brian Tyler, Bruno Coulais, Careful What You Wish For, Diary of a Chambermaid, Ed Kuepper, Genius, John Debney, Jonathan Sadoff, Joseph Bishara, Josh Debney, Klas Wahl, Last Cab to Darwin, Len & Company, Miles Hankins, Now You See Me 2, Puerto Ricans in Paris, Ramin Djawadi, The Conjuring 2, The Newton Brothers, Warcraft
Three new movies are opening nationwide this weekend: Opening in most theaters is the fantasy adventure Warcraft directed by Duncan Jones and starring Travis Fimmel, Paula Patton, Ben Foster, Dominic Cooper, Toby Kebbell, Ben Schnetzer, Rob Kazinsky and Daniel Wu. The film’s original music composed by Ramin Djawadi (Game of Thrones, Pacific Rim, Iron Man, Clash of the Titans, Person […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (June 3, 2016)
Posted: June 3, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Craig Armstrong, Danny Bensi, Matthew Compton, Me Before You, Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping, Saunder Jurriaans, Steve Jablonsky, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows, The Fits, The Newton Brothers, Urge
Three new movies are opening nationwide this weekend: Opening in most theaters is the action adventure sequel Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows directed by David Green, produced by Michael Bay and starring Megan Fox, Will Arnett, Stephen Amell, Tyler Perry, Noel Fisher, Jeremy Howard, Pete Ploszek, Alan Ritchson, Brian Tee and Stephen “Sheamus” Farrelly. […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (May 27, 2016)
Posted: May 27, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Adem Ilham, Alice Through the Looking Glass, Danny Elfman, James Lavino, John Ottman, The Ones Below, Unlocking the Cage, X-Men: Apocalypse
Two new movies are opening nationwide this holiday weekend: Expected to top the weekend box office is X-Men: Apocalypse directed by Bryan Singer and starring James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, Oscar Isaac, Nicholas Hoult, Rose Byrne, Tye Sheridan, Sophie Turner, Olivia Munn, Lucas Till, Evan Peters and Kodi Smit-McPhee. The film’s original music is composed by John […]
Sony Classical to Release Danny Elfman’s ‘Rabbit & Rogue’ Ballet Score
Posted: May 23, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Danny Elfman, Rabbit & Rogue
Sony Classical will release Danny Elfman‘s music for the ballet Rabbit & Rogue. The composer of such films as Spider-Man, Batman, Alice in Wonderland, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Avengers: Age of Ultron and Men in Black composed the score for the American Ballet Theatre. The ballet premiered in June 2008 at […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (May 20, 2016)
Posted: May 20, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Alberto Iglesias, Almost Holy, Atticus Ross, Back in the Day, Bobby Krlic, David Buckley, Heitor Pereira, Jeff Beal, Joel Douek, John Ottman, Leopold Ross, Ma ma, Maggie's Plan, Manhattan Night, Michael Andrews, Michael Rohatyn, Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising, Oliver Thompson, Randy Edelman, The Angry Birds Movie, The Nice Guys, Weiner, Welcome to Happiness
Three new movies are opening nationwide this weekend: Opening in most theaters is the animated feature The Angry Birds Movie directed by Fergal Reilly & Clay Kaytis and starring Jason Sudeikis, Josh Gad, Danny McBride, Maya Rudolph, Bill Hader, Peter Dinklage, Kate McKinnon and Keegan-Michael Key. The film’s original music is composed by Heitor Pereira (Despicable […]
